{"id":633,"date":"2015-04-15T16:24:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T16:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/demo\/?page_id=633"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:17:44","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/home\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_css_free_form=&#8221;.contact-us-1 {display:none;}&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00305969&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/tankersley\">DANIEL TANKERSLEY<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Creative Arts Division Chair, Art<br \/><a href=\"mailto:tankersley@wou.edu\">tankersley@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00181849&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/phillipm\">MICHAEL PHILLIPS<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Professor, Theatre\/Dance<br \/><a href=\"mailto:phillipm@wou.edu\">phillipm@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00002028&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/mccannr\">REBECCA MCCANNELL<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Professor, Art<br \/><a href=\"mailto:mccannr@wou.edu\">mccannr@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00002365&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/keveli\">KEVIN WALCZYK<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Professor, Composition Studies, Music<br \/><a href=\"mailto:keveli@wou.edu\">keveli@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00198161&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/cowartt\">TIM COWART<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Coordinator of the Dance and Theater Programs, Theatre\/Dance<br \/><a href=\"mailto:cowartt@wou.edu\">cowartt@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2025\/12\/nikita-williams.jpg\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty 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src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00346035&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/velezc\">CARLOS VELEZ<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>NTT Assistant Professor, Music Theory, Composition, Flute, Music<br \/><a href=\"mailto:velezc@wou.edu\">velezc@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00363709&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/hudkinsc\">CLAIRE HUDKINS<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>NTT Assistant Professor, Voice, Jazz and Commercial Music, Classical, Musical 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href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/thomasd\">DARRYL THOMAS<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Professor, Theatre\/Dance<br \/><a href=\"mailto:thomasd@wou.edu\">thomasd@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00100100&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/freye\">ERIC FREY<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Art Department Production Specialist, Art<br \/><a href=\"mailto:freye@wou.edu\">freye@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00306940&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" 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src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00372548&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/vaughnj\">JENNIFER VAUGHN<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>NTT Assistant Professor, Art<br \/><a href=\"mailto:vaughnj@wou.edu\">vaughnj@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00110809&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/garrisonj\">JODIE GARRISON<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Professor, Art<br \/><a href=\"mailto:garrisonj@wou.edu\">garrisonj@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00326052&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/watanabel\">LESLIE WATANABE<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>NTT Assistant Professor, Theatre\/Dance<br \/><a href=\"mailto:watanabel@wou.edu\">watanabel@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00191269&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/hardenm\">MARY 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10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/hoffeckermejiap\">PETE HOFFECKER MEJIA<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Assistant Professor, Art<br \/><a href=\"mailto:hoffeckermejiap@wou.edu\">hoffeckermejiap@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00181848&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/hedgepes\">SANDRA HEDGEPETH<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Associate Professor, Deptartment Head, Theatre\/Dance<br \/><a href=\"mailto:hedgepes@wou.edu\">hedgepes@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00391811&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/garzaj\">JOEL GARZA<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>NTT Assistant Professor, Music<br \/><a href=\"mailto:garzaj@wou.edu\">garzaj@wou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profilebox\">\n<h3 class=\"profileheader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/directory.staff_search.get_dirphoto?pid=V00351665&amp;pt=v\" alt=\"Head shot of a faculty member\" height=\"85\" width=\"75\" class=\"alignleft profilephotos\" \/><strong><a style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/resources\/faculty-staff-info\/adamsn\">NOAH ADAMS<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Creative Arts Events Manager, Theatre\/Dance<br \/><a 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Please use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.wou.edu\/nora\/portal.login?relayState=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.wou.edu%2Fnora%2Fdirectory.quickfind.lookup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WOU internal directory<\/a> to view all employees.<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;3em||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact-us\">\n<h2><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4>Division of Creative Arts<\/h4>\n<p><span>503-838-8461 \u00a0\u00a0 l \u00a0or <strong>e-mail:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:williamsn@wou.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">williamsn@wou.edu<\/a>\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span>\u00a0 l \u00a0 Rice Auditorium (RA 105)\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #d43939;\"><strong>Box Office Phone: 503-838-8462<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creative Arts Department DANIEL TANKERSLEY Creative&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":754,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<h2><strong>Creative Arts Department<\/strong><\/h2>\n[woumods_facstaff_list sortfirst=\"tankersley,garrisonj,killipl\" users=\"tankersley,phillipm,mccannr,keveli,cowartt,morgann,killipl,velezc,hudkinsc,cowartc,thomasd,freye,pouling,naili,morellij,bracyj,vaughnj,garrisonj,helppik,watanabel,hardenm,fremanm,boothp,hoffeckermejiap,hedgepes,garzaj,smithjd,beverlyd,finnellra,adamsn,MCCANNR\"]","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-633","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2114,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/633\/revisions\/2114"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}